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This is a list of gliders/sailplanes of the world, (this reference lists all gliders with references, where available) Note: Any aircraft can glide for a short time, but gliders are designed to glide for longer.

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1. B

Babiński

(Zbigniew Babiński)

  • Babiński 1912 glider[1]
  • Babiński 1913 glider[1]
  • Babiński II

BAC

(British Aircraft Company)

  • B.A.C. I
  • B.A.C. II
  • B.A.C. III
  • B.A.C. IV
  • B.A.C. V
  • B.A.C. VI
  • B.A.C. VII
  • B.A.C. VII Planette
  • B.A.C. VIII Bat-Boat
  • B.A.C. IX
  • B.A.C. Drone

Bacerka

  • Bacerka (glider)

Bachem

(Eric Bachem / Bachem-Werke)

  • Bachem Leichtwindensegler
  • Bachem Lerche[2]
  • Bachem Thermikus

Backstrom

(Al Backstrom)

  • Backstrom EPB-1 Flying Plank
  • Backstrom WPB-1 Powered Plank
  • Backstrom Flying Plank II

Baden-Baden

(Segelflugzeugwerke Baden-Baden)

  • Baden-Baden glider

Bagalini

(BAGALINI, Marino)

  • Bagalini Bagaliante
  • Bagalini Colombo

Bailey-Moyes

(Bob Bailey / Moyes Microlights Pty Ltd)

  • Bailey-Moyes Tempest

Baitler

(Miroslav Baitler / I. skupina konstruktérů Aero, Praha (Prague))

  • Můra 1922

Baker McMillen

(Frank Gröss / Baker McMillen)

  • Baker McMillen Cadet

Ball

(James Noel Ball)

  • Ball 1929 glider
  • Ball 1930 glider

Bange

(John J. Bange)

  • Bange 1936 glider
  • Bange Azure Star

Bange

(John J. Bange - Clifton, Queensland, Australia)

  • Bange Azure Star (Bange Z-B-I)
  • Bange Azure Star II (Bange Z-B-II)

Bango-Schmid

(Bango & Schmid)

  • Bango-Schmid 1930 glider

Barbat-Dunn-Rigby

(BARBAT, Edward & DUNN, Colin & RIGBY, Colin)

  • Barbat-Dunn-Rigby GBDR

Bǎrboi

(Ion Bǎrboi)

  • Bǎrboi 1932 glider[3]
  • Bǎrboi 1934 glider[3]

Bardin

(René Bardin)

  • Bardin Alérion
  • Bardin Alérion Biplace
  • Bardin B-1 Vauville

Barel

(Graal Aéro / Max Barel)

  • Barel Graal

Barnaby

(Ralph Barnaby)

  • Ralph Barnaby 1909 glider

Baron

(A. Baron)

  • Baron Aéro Ramo-Planeur[4]

Barratt-Bradley

(Jock Barratt & Harold Bradley / Waikerie Gliding Club)

  • Barratt-Bradley Pelican 2

Barros

(Cláudio Pinto de Barros / Centro de Estudos Aeronáuticos (CEA) / Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Bello Horizonte, Brazil)

  • Barros CB-1 Gaivota

Barszczowski

(Walenty Barszczowski)

  • Barszczowski 1913 Glider

Barta

(Karl Barta)

  • Barta Dactylus 2
  • Barta Dactylus 3

Bartel

(Ryszard Bartel)

  • Bartel 1 Glider
  • Bartel 2 Glider

Bartos/Nobel

  • Bartos/Nobel BN-1 Phantom

Bates

(Carl Stephen BATES, Clear Lake, Iowa (USA) / Popular Mechanics)

  • Popular Mechanics Glider

Baudoux-Orta

(Pierre Baudoux & José Orta / Ateliers Orta, Saint-Hubert, Belgium)

  • Baudoux-Orta SBO

Bauer

(Ted Bauer / San Gabriel Academy students, Californie, USA)

  • Bauer Bird

Bäumer

(Bäumer Aero GmbH, Hamburg / Paul Bäumer)

  • Bäumer B-1 Roter Vogel

Bazin

(Albert Bazin)

  • Bazin 1904
  • Bazin 1905
  • Bazin 1909

Bazzocchi

(Ermanno Bazzocchi)

  • Bazzocchi EB.1 Littore
  • Bazzocchi EB.2

Bauer

  • Bauer Bz.II

Beatty-Johl

  • Beatty-Johl BJ-2 Assegai
  • Beatty-Johl BJ-3
  • Beatty-Johl BJ-4

Beaufort Gliding Club

(Lyon, Douglas – Beaufort Gliding Club, Victoria, Australia)

  • Beaufort Gliding Club Zephyrus
  • Beaufort Gliding Club Phoenix

Bede

(Jim Bede)

  • Bede BD-2
  • Bede BD-5S

Bekmanis

(Edvins Bekmanis)

  • Bekmanis Gaigalina
  • Bekmanis Spriditis

Bėkšta

(Romualdas Bėkšta)

  • Bėkšta RB-11

Belin brothers.

  • Belin bros. 1908 glider

Bellanger-Denhaut

(DENHAUT, François - BELLANGER Frères)

  • Bellanger-Denhaut BD-1[5][6]

Belyayev

(Viktor Nikolayevich Belyayev)

  • Belyayev BP-3

Benes

(Pavel Beneš)

  • Benes LD 605 Haban - post-war military assault glider under construction, but cancelled 1951[7]

Bennett-Carter

(George Bennett & Richard Carter)

  • Bennett-Carter Dottie S

Benz

(Ing. Hans Benz, Mönchen-Gladbach.)

  • Benz Be-2

Berca

(Jorge Berca)

  • Berca JB-1
  • Berca JB-2
  • Berca JB-3
  • Berca JB-4

Berger

(M. Berger in Lyon and flown by Gardey)

  • Berger 1905 glider[4]

Berkshire

(Berkshire Manufacturing Corporation)

  • Berkshire Concept 70

Berkout

  • Berkout (glider)

Berliaux-Salètes

  • Berliaux-Salètes 1909 glider no.1[4]
  • Berliaux-Salètes 1909 Pourquoi Pas? II[4]

Berliner Segelflugvereins

  • Berliner Segelflugvereins 1923 primary

Bertelli

  • Bertelli Aerostave

Bertin

(Bertin (glider constructor))

  • Bertin Compact
  • Bertin B-12

Besneux

(Alain Besneux)

  • Besneux P.70

Bielany School

  • Bielany School Glider

Bikle

(Paul Bikle)

  • Bikle T-6

Bilski

  • Bilski Mewa (Gull) No.14 – Second Polish Glider Contest 17 May – 15 June 1925

Bína

(Karel Bína / B. Metyš & J. Litomyšl Matoušek)

  • Bína Litomyšl-1

Binder

  • Binder EB28
  • Binder EB29
  • Binder ASH-25 EB28

Biot

  • Biot Massia

Birdman

(Birdman Enterprises)

  • Birdman Project 102 Windsoar

Birmingham Guild

  • Birmingham Guild BG-100
  • Birmingham Guild BG-135

Birò Regina

  • Birò Regina

Birrlauf

(Benny Birrlauf)

  • Birrlauf Beny I
  • Birrlauf Gerspach

Bisser

  • Bisser – Bulgaria

Bistrama & Puławski

  • Bistrama & Puławski SL-3 No.8 – Second Polish Glider Contest 17 May – 15 June 1925

Blaicher

(Michal Blaicher)

  • Blaicher B.1
  • Blaicher B-38

Bland

(Lilian E. Bland – Ireland)

  • Bland Mayfly

Błażyński

(Alojzy Błażyński)

  • Błażyński Polon – First Polish Glider Contest August 1923

Bleriot

(Louis Blériot)

  • Blériot II

Blessing

(Gerhard Blessing / Sportverein Merseburg)

  • Blessing Rebell
  • Blessing V-7 Gleiter-Max
  • Blessing Kolibri-B
  • Blessing Falter-Scooter

Bley

(Bley Flugzeugbau GmbH, Naumberg)

  • Bley M-Condor[8]

Blogoslawienstwo

  • Blogoslawienstwo

Blohm & Voss

  • Blohm & Voss BV 40
  • Blohm & Voss BV 246

Bock

(John W. Bock)

  • Bock 1

Boeing

  • Boeing Steel Truss Glider

Bohatyrew

(Michal Bohatyrew)

  • Bohatyrew Motyl
  • Bohatyrew Miś (Miś - Teddy Bear) (No.12) – Second Polish Glider Contest 17 May – 15 June 1925

Bohemia

(HALLER, Oldřich)

  • Bohemia B.5

Böhm

  • Böhm Schmankerl foot-launched rigid flying wing glider

Bölkow

  • Bölkow Phönix
  • Bölkow Phoebus

Bolton

  • Bolton 1932

Bonn

  • Bonn Helge
  • Bonn I Vulkan
  • Bonn Schlägel und Eisen

Bonnet

(Pierre Bonnet - Louis Clément - Henri Mignet)

  • Bonnet double monoplan
  • Bonnet-Clément BC-1
  • Bonnet-Clément BC-7
  • Bonnet-Mignet 1923 glider

Bonnet-Labranche

(Émile Bonnet-Labranche / Ateliers vosgiens Saint Dié)

  • Bonnet-Labranche 1909 glider

Bonomi

(Aeronautica Bonomi)

  • Bossi-Bonomi Pedaliante
  • Bonomi BS.2 Balestruccio
  • Bonomi BS.4 Basettino
  • Bonomi BS.5 Ballerina
  • Bonomi BS.7 Allievo Italia
  • Bonomi BS.8 Biancone
  • Bonomi BS.9 Bertina
  • Bonomi BS.10 Ardea
  • Bonomi BS.11 Milano
  • Bonomi BS.12 Roma
  • Bonomi BS.14 Astore
  • Bonomi BS.15 Bigiarella
  • Bonomi BS.16 Allievo Bonomi
  • Bonomi BS.17 Allievo Cantù
  • Bonomi BS.18 Airone
  • Bonomi BS.19 Alca
  • Bonomi BS.20 Albanella
  • Bonomi BS.22 Alzavola
  • Bonomi BS.24 Biposto Roma
  • Bonomi BS.28 Alcione
  • Bonomi BS.28 Aerodinamico

Borchn-Anemon

(BORCHN, A. A. & ANEMON, O. K.)

  • Borchn-Anemon BA-1 Tandem (Борчн- Анмонов БА-1)

Borghese

  • Borghese 1931 hyydroglider

Borzecki

(Jozef Borzecki)

  • Borzecki Alto-Stratus
  • Borzecki Cirrus
  • Borzecki JB-4 Skowronek
  • Borzecki Stratus

Bottini

  • Bottini Mabo

Boulay-Ferrier

(Jacques Boulay & Hubert Ferrier)

  • Boulay-Ferrier Condor[9]

Boulay-Menin

(Jacques Boulay & Menin)

  • Boulay-Menin BM-1

Bourieau-Chapautau

  • Bourieau-Chapautau glider

Bowers (glider constructor)

  • Bowers Bantam

Bowlus

(Michael Bowlus)

  • Bowlus BZ-1

Bowlus-du Pont

(William Hawley Bowlus)

  • Bowlus M1-PU3
  • Bowlus 1912 glider
  • Bowlus Albatross 1 Falcon
  • Bowlus Albatross 2
  • Bowlus Albatross Senior
  • Bowlus Dragontross
  • Bowlus Flying Wing
  • Bowlus Super Albatross
  • Bowlus Super Sailplane
  • Bowlus 1-S-2100 Senior Albatross
  • Bowlus BA-100 Baby Albatross
  • Bowlus BA-102 Two-place Baby Albatross
  • Bowlus BS-100 Super Albatross
  • Bowlus BT-100 Baby Albatross
  • Bowlus BTS-100 Two-place Baby Albatross
  • Bowlus G-100 Galloping Gertie
  • Bowlus-Criz MC-1
  • Bowlus-Criz MC-1 1/2 scale
  • Bowlus SP-1 Paper Wing
  • Bowlus XCG-7
  • Bowlus XCG-8
  • Bowlus XCG-16
  • Bowlus/Nelson Dragonfly
  • Bowlus XBM-5 -
  • Bowlus XTG-12 TG-12 - 1942 Bowlus XBM-5,2-seat tandem-seat, mid-wing training glider, XBM-5 = Experimental Bowlus Military, Design number 5
    • Bowlus XTG-12-BS: 2 completed (Baugher lists only 42-57200), 3 ordered
    • Bowlus XTG-12A-BS: conflicting info., poss. side-by-side one ordered/poss. civil impress.
    • Bowlus TG-12A-BS: [Project] production model, contract cancelled
    • Bowlus TG-12B: unrelated Bowlus-DuPont built M1PU3** 'Utility', 1 impressed ([designer Heath] McDowell, 1-place, Utility, 3rd design [?])

Bramingham

  • Bramingham 1934 glider

Bräutigam

(Bernhard Bräutigam / Flugzeugbau Braütigam G.m.b.H. Weimar)

  • Bräutigam Super Orchidee (D-STURM regn.)

Brditschka

(Heinz Brditschka)

  • Brditschka Raab Krähe
  • Brditschka-Militki MB-E1 Electric One
  • Brditschka HB-21
  • Brditschka HB-22[9]
  • Brditschka HB-23

Breeze

  • Breeze Oozle Bird

Bréguet

(Société anonyme des ateliers d'aviation Louis Breguet)

  • Bréguet Br 900 Louisette
  • Bréguet Br 901 Mouette
  • Bréguet Br 902 Cinzano
  • Bréguet Br 903
  • Bréguet Br 904 Nymphale
  • Bréguet Br 905 Fauvette
  • Bréguet Br 906 Choucas
  • Bréguet Br 907
  • Bréguet Colibri
  • Bréguet P-1
  • Bréguet P-2

Bremen-Lane

  • Bremen-Lane glider

Bremer

(Karl Bremer)

  • Bremer Max
  • Bremer Strolch
  • Bremer Motorisiert SG-38

Briegleb

(William G. Briegleb)

  • Briegleb BG-01 Utility
  • Briegleb BG-02
  • Briegleb BG-03
  • Briegleb BG-04
  • Briegleb BG-06
  • Briegleb BG-07
  • Briegleb BG-08
  • Briegleb BG-12
  • Briegleb BG-16
  • NASA Dryden-Briegleb M2-F1
  • Briegleb TG-9

Briffaud

(Georges Briffaud)

  • Briffaud GB-9
  • Briffaud GB-80

Bright Star

  • Bright Star Swift

Bristol

(Bristol Aeronautical Corporation)

  • Bristol XLRQ

Bristol

(Bristol Aeroplane Company)

  • Bristol Glider (1910)

Brno

(Brno Technical university)

  • Brno Technical university ASP-3 – (a.k.a. NSv-3 Cyrillic acronym)

Broburn

(Broburn Sailplanes Ltd, Woodley)

  • Broburn Wanderlust

Brochet

(Avions Maurice Brochet / Constructions Aéronautiques Maurice Brochet)

  • Brochet Beynes-CAU
  • Brochet Brocheteau
  • Brochet MB-10 Ginette
  • Brochet MB-20

Brochocki

(Stefan Brochocki, Witold Kasper and A. Bodek)

  • Brochocki BKB-1

Brokker (glider constructor)

  • Brokker (glider)

Brondel

(Christian Brondel)

  • Brondel Cavok 10
  • Brondel CB-12
  • Brondel CB-15 Crystal
  • Brondel Hélium
  • Brondel ST-11
  • Brondel ST-12
  • Brondel ST-15

Brookes

(Wilfred Brookes)

  • Brookes 1919 glider

Brown

(Vincent Brown & STC-GC (Sydney Technical College Gliding Club))

  • Brown Two Seater
  • Brown 1931 glider
  • Brown Rebel

Bruni

(Giovanni Bruni / Aéroclub Vergiate)

  • Bruni 3V-1 Eolo

Bryan Aircraft Company

See Schreder.

Brylinski

(Brylinski, Jacques & Wehrle, Jean)

  • Brylinski JJ-2
  • Brylinski JJ-3
  • Brylinski Petrel

BS (glider constructor)

  • BS 1K

BSV

(Berliner Segelflugvereins - HOHMUTH, Otto)

  • BSV 1923 glider
  • BSV Luftikus

Buchanan

(John Buchanan)

  • Buchanan Ricochet

Bucher Leichtbau

(Heinrich Bucher) see Farner

Budig

(Friedrich Wilhelm Budig)

  • Budig 1921 glider

Bums

  • Bums glider
  • Bünzli

(Bunzli, Henri René / Société de Construction d'Appareils Aériens, Levallois)

  • Bünzli 1908 glider

Burbulmate

  • Burbulmate

Busso

  • Busso San Giorgio

Butterworth-Ypinazar

  • Butterworth-Ypinazar Primary

Buxton

(G. Mungo Buxton)

  • Buxton Hjordis
  • Buxton Hjordis 2
  • Buxton B-5
  • Buxton Tailless Tailless

Buxton

(Jay Buxton)

  • Buxton Roundair – Jay Buxton
  • Buxton Transporter – Jay Buxton

Bydgoszczy

  • Bydgoszczy Żabuś

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